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Just Getting Started

Game and Fish's five-year Mule Deer Monitoring Project is already providing valuable information

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Powerful Packers

Llamas pack the punch for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to conduct backcountry fish sampling

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Camper to Colleague

Current Wyoming Game and Fish Department employees got their start at the department's youth camps.

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Double Duty

Trout and walleye in the same body of water can be challenging for biologists, but it can provide a quality fishery if managed properly.

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Life Underground

A look at Wyoming’s underground ecosystems and a few of the animals that live there

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Rejuvenation

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Got a Question? We have an Answer.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department answers some of your most frequently-asked questions.

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10 Ways to Spend the Summer with Children

Wyoming's outdoor spaces provide a lot of fun activities for kids and families

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Decades of Service

When Jerry Reed returned home one Thursday night after teaching a hunter education course, he didn't expect to have one of his most memorable experiences involving one of his students. Hunter education is only one of Reed's volunteer positions, and on this evening two of his passions collided. Reed also volunteered for the Sheridan County Search and Rescue Unit. When Search and Rescue called him about a local boy who got lost while attempting to mountain bike on the Tongue River Canyon Trail, he was ready for action.

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Muddy Mess

Invasive New Zealand mudsnails can wreak havoc on ecosystems and negatively impact fisheries, but you can help prevent their spread.

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Conifer Control

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department uses several techniques to control the spread of these trees and plants to improve and restore wildlife habitat

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Late-season waterfowl

January ducks and geese can provide a great hunting and viewing experience

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Small Fish, Big Rivers

Game and Fish samples for little fish in some of its bigger streams.

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Cache collectors

Does chronic wasting disease have any impact on how mountain lions target their prey? Researchers are taking samples from cache sites to find out.

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A Golden Era

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has the only captive golden trout broodstock program in the world.

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Deer and Data

The future of Wyoming’s mule deer lies in a new, cutting-edge monitoring project

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Summer Showcase

Summer Wyoming road trips could be dubbed wildlife-watching tours. It’s a great way to catch a glimpse of many species — big and small. Wyoming Game and Fish Department employees are on the road often during the summer — here are some of their favorite photographs from their travels.

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Past meets present

Nearly 50 years ago Wyoming Wildlife did a question-and-answer with three game wardens. See how three of today’s wardens answered some of the same questions.

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That’s not my name

When it comes to lizards, sometimes understanding the species can come down to the DNA

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Living where you work

Employees at Wyoming’s 10 fish hatcheries and rearing stations have unique jobs and lives

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If fish could talk

New technology allows fisheries biologists to listen for fish as they study the fish movements.

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A pound of cure

Wyoming Game and Fish Department hatcheries keep fish healthy from eggs to stocking.

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Completing the circle

John Turner was key to leading the charge of the reintroduction of wolves in and around Wyoming

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Long-standing partnership pays off for fish

Game and Fish, Wyoming Trout Unlimited combine forces on more than 100 projects throughout Wyoming

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Go for it!

You don’t have to be an expert to get kids interested in the outdoors.

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Small birds, big work

A Sheridan couple helps state and federal agencies conduct hummingbird research in Wyoming

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Rare records

It’s been a long time since anglers broke most of the trout records in Wyoming. Are there still big fish out there?

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It’s a draw

You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department looks at some of the most frequently-asked questions surrounding Wyoming’s draw process.

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Intrastate invasives

New discoveries of curly pondweed and New Zealand mudsnails is the latest example of the transfer of aquatic invasive species within Wyoming’s borders

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When time stands still

When it’s this cold, moments seem to freeze solid.

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A pillar of conservation

Artwork depicts the complexities and beauty of wildlife.

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Accredit Accomplishment

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Forensic and Fish Health Lab earned top national accreditation in 2021

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Ed O. is the big 5-0

This wildlife habitat management area in the Sheridan Region is vital for fish and wildlife conservation.

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Healing the hills

A year since the Mullen Fire burned in southeast Wyoming, there are signs the blaze will have long-term benefits to habitat and wildlife.

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The Wyoming elk draw

Elk populations throughout the cowboy state are booming. Hunting opportunities match that ascending trend, as do the number of prospective hunters vying for a license. Learning how to master the draw is the first step in pursuing one of the most coveted species in the west. 

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Among the gold

Autumn in Wyoming teems with color and excitement as nature prepares for winter

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The dog days

A mussel-sniffing dog names Barnacle helps in a border battle against aquatic invasive species

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Still in Love

The Bud Love Wildlife Habitat Management Area celebrates its 50th anniversary and continues to serve as vital habitat for Wyoming’s wildlife

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The Cheater

Cheatgrass has been a scourge on the western landscape for more than a century, but the Wyoming Game and Fish Department believes there is hope in fighting it in some areas

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Safe Passage

Investment in Highway crossing structures for wildlife is paying off

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Rappelling for Rosy

A researcher is studying hard-to-access birds to learn more about the species and how to protect it, all while dangling from a rope on the side of a vertical cliff.

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Just Keep Swimming

Ten years ago, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department formalized a program to improve the ability of fish to move without being blocked along the way

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Robotic sage grouse helps study lek activity

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5 exercises can help aging hunters stay afield

By doing exercises to support these five techniques, you will improve your balance, your muscle mass and your cardiovascular endurance — all things you need for activities like hunting and fishing.

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‘It seemed like all of a sudden the deer weren’t there’

New research has again made chronic wasting disease a kitchen table conversation, and this time it’s considered a threat to Wyoming’s deer

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100 years and counting

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission has evolved over its first century

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